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- F. A. HOVEY.

COMBINED FLOUR SAFBAND SIEVE. No. 345,139. Patented July 6, 1886.

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FRANK 'AUGUSTIN HOVEY, OF MADISON, NEBRASKA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE HALF TOWILLIAM L. RAMEY, OF SAME PLACE.

COMBINED FLOUR SAFE AND SIEVE.

IBPZZCIFEGATIUN forming part of Letters Patent No. 345,139, dated July6, 1886.

Application filed December 11, 18:34. Serial No. 150,116. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Beitknown thatI,FRANK AUGUSTIN HOVEY, ofMadison, in the county ofMadison and State ,of Nebraska, have invented certain new and 5usefulImprovements in Combined Flour Safes and Sieves, of which thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, in which Figure l is a vertical sectionthrough the i0 center of my improved safe and sieve, showingtheagitatorand its appurtenances in elevation. Fig. 2 is a perspective viewof the cy- "lindrical sieve. Fig. 8 is a perspective view of theagitator and its appurtenances removed Fig. 4 is a transverse section ofthe sieve and the agitator'in place therein. The safe is constructed ofan external shell or casing, A, the upper portion, B, of which iscylindrical, while the lower portion, D, is

20 flared outwardly, for the twofold purpose of affording a broader baseto resist theteudency which will exist when the safe is full to overturnfrom top-heaviness, and to afford more room within the base for thepurpose hereiir \Vhere the upperor cylindrical and the lower or conicalportions, B and D, meet, the shell is formed with an offset or shoulder,a, and from this depends an inverted conical section .or funnel, O,which terminates at its apex or lower end in an annular flange,

0. The inner diameter of the base of the cone 0 (or its upper portion,as here employed) is about the same as that of the cylindrical portionBof the case, the offset a being formed 5 for the reception thereof, sothat the inner surfaces of the cylinder 13 and cone 0 shall be flushwhere the two unite, thus avoiding the formation ofa shoulder on theinterior of the safe. I

It will be seen that the cylindrical portion for the lower end thereofand its appurtenances, presently to be described.

F represents a cylinder, more or less of which may be formed ofwire-gauze or other sifting material, through which the contents Securedto and opening into one side of this cylinder is an annular hub orsocket, E, which is of such size as to fit snugly the annular terminus cof the conical seetionG of the safe. The cylinder F thus constitutes thebottom of the safe, and in orgage hooks depending from the sides of the(0 inverted conical section 0. The heads of the cylinder F areperforated, and through them is passed a shaft, G, which passes outthrough an opening, (I, in theprotectirig-casing D, and

terminates-in a erank-handle, g. Secured to this shaft is an agitator,which may be of any desired construction. I have shown it formed of twodisks, g, secured to the shaft G at the proper distance asunder, andpieces of stout wire gieach bent into a rectangular shape and secured tosaid disks.

The flour or other material. contained in the safe will not pass throughthe sieve simply of its own weightthat is, to any materialextentbut whenthe agitator is movedit will pass freely, the sieve catching andconfining within the agitator-cylinder any foreign substances.

The agitator-cylinder is made detachable from the safe 0, and theopening (I sufficiently large to permit its removal,for the purpose ofremoving from time to time any impurities which the sieve shall arrest.

J is a receptacle or drawer for catching the sifted material as it fallsfrom the sieve, the front 7' of said drawer being sufficiently enlargedto completely close the opening (I in the case D, said front beingnotched, as at j, for the passage of the shaft G of the agitator.

The single opening d is thus utilized for three 0 purposes: first, thepassage of the agitatorshaft; second, the removal of theagitatorcylinder and sieve, and, third, the insertion and removal of thereceptacle J.

I am aware that a combined flour safe and sieve is not broadly new, anddo not claim such as my invention; but

\Vhat I do claim as my invention, and desire to secure by LettersPatent, is-

1. The combination, with a flour-safe tern1i- [O3 nating at bottom in aninverted cone having an annular flange, of a cylinder having a sieve andan annular hub fitting said flange, and an flange, an agitator withinsaid cylinder having IO agitator'in said cylinder, for the purpose set ashaft passing out through said opening, a forth. crank, and a drawer orreceptacle having an 2. The combinatiomwith the safe terminatenlargedfront closing said opening, substan- 5 ing at bottom in an inverted conehaving tially as set forth.

an annular flange and a casing surrounding FRANK AUGUSTIN I-IOVEY. thebottom portion of the safe, and having an Witnesses: openingtherethrough, of a cylinder having HUGH D. KELLY,

a sieve and an annular hub fitting said annular JOHN S. ROBINSON.

